every night suppers for everyday people

09/11/2011

Grilled Chicken Margarita on Green Chile Rice

Picture tender chicken pieces, marinated in lime, sugar, salt, a touch of coriander and a kiss of garlic, grilled to perfection and presented on top of a creamy cheesy green chile rice, all surrounded by grilled vegetables. I'm talkin' about last night's dinner.

It comes to us courtesy of Taste of the Territory, a wonderful cookbook put out by the Service League of Bartlesville Oklahoma and all I gotta' say is thank goodness for ingenuity. I only wish I'd taken a video because while all of this was coming together we were experiencing an unbelievable monsoon thunder storm which resulted in over 2 inches of rain in about a 2 hour time frame. Of course true to Murphy's Law, the storm hit right at the time we were supposed to be grilling our dinner in the outside kitchen, but no matter. We switched to grill pans and the Big Guy came through once again.

The result - gloriously tender kabobs of sweet, salty, lime flavored bird that really taste like a margarita sans the tequila although I'm not quite sure that the addition of a shot or two wouldn't be a good idea. The chicken would be wonderful on its own with the grilled vegetables but we went a step beyond and whipped up a casserole style rice dish, loaded with creamy ricotta, sour cream, cheese and roasted Hatch green chiles just because ya' gotta' have starch ya' know.

8 Comments

What a lovely looking meal! I adore a grilled meal. That rice dish looks fascinating - in a good way, mind you - I just never considered a cheesy rice casserole without meat in it - as a side dish. hmmmmmmm I think my sweet William would like something like that...
I also love a good Monsoon - 2 inches - nice!

Lea - yup 2 inches of rain and the back yard needs some major cleanup. Big Guy's in the kitchen getting rub ready for 5 pork bellies (3 side bacon and 2 pancetta) and a huge loin for back bacon then he'll be starting the clean up. I'm so darn lucky!

Just getting back to the kitchen after a few days away. Picked up TH at the airport, and had a work thing out of town. I see you and the big guy have been hard at work. This chicken looks like perfect grill food. I have made something simular with shrimp (tequila adds great flavor, just so you know) and the creamy, chili rice a nice comfort food side.